New Music Mondays: Holiday Music!

Sick of playing ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ for your classes each December?

Here are some fun holiday albums to keep your spirits high!

Boogie Woogie Christmas – The Brian Setzer OrchestraThese tunes will keep your feet tapping along to holiday favorites.Standout Songs: “Sleigh Ride” and “Jingle Bells” are great up-tempo songs, “Winter Wonderland” is medium tempo, and the “Nutcracker Suite” would be great as a large production number!

Now! That’s What I Call Music Christmas 4Great for tweens and teens – but you will need to listen to they lyrics on a few of these tracks.Standout Songs: Sheryl Crow’s “Merry Christmas Baby”, “What Child is This” by Carrie Underwood and Sean Kingston’s “Drummer Boy”

Joy To The World – Pink MartiniMany unique takes on the traditional favorites – this album is self-labeled as ‘globally minded’ and it deservingly so. Unique beats, it offers a lounge-feel without the yawns. Would be great for a modern class.Standout Songs: “Schedryk” (their take on Carol of the Bells), “Little Drummer Boy”, the fun tango-feeling “Ocho Kandelikas” and the celebratory “Auld Lang Syne”.

Christmas With The Puppini SistersThe Puppini Sisters with their three-part harmonies are this generation’s Andrews Sisters. A great idea for swing classes.Standout Songs: “Mele Kalikimaha”, the swingy “Step Into Christmas” and “All I Want for Christmas”